New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-11-13
NOTES ON CURRENT ART
NEWS OF THE EXHIBITlOSs-WOR OF TJp
MElROPOLlTAN MUSEUM AR SCHOOLS

lMpOfcl IN DOnl ~1Or cNlN liOl only" aBDcafs ia IA.
rapidly increasing. Allusion las already been mad,
to tho "socc,y the Promotion Of Ilt- which really
| means Il business venture apl there are runoS NJ
| an ArstrO-llDn garian Society which ploao.es to
Promote art by importing pictures for cNhii,Ion
! only At the Yandcll Gallery IMMENSE pa niine
by Floty and other examples OF Munich art have been
place exhibition AMI T. f. understood tina, alrangn
mcnts have been ma FOR The return If III pictures
IN they sod in this country. Whether tho
proprietor Of TIA, "lIaseltle Galleries. intends ia
cmuat he American Al Association IN tie iml alton
OF aintines for exhibition only" remains to be seen
these Wholesale impo atoms Interesting gallery
lOUngcrs, but it f. sometimes seriously Questioned
whether the arr business In THIS city Is not being
ovorlonc in view Of the increas, in the number Of
dealers and ton ami The quantity Of paintings
nlOItei In bond.
Tho exhibition at the Yandcl Ga lery il described
a. due to a Cesrc create an interest In Germ an art
The assumption is that our public take no interest in
| German art and have Opportunities Of dong 50
Tho general preference for Itench ART furnishes some
grounds tor this assumption whict, nevertheless In.
wolves a misunderstanding. German art once held
the pla-c in this city which Las been occupied by
French art for The last eight years. When the stewart
ana Ex-Governor Morgan 60 cciOn' wcIc fOfmel tho
collectors paid esp cal attention to German art and
every season the aHction looms furnish similar ex.
anipcs. The ia,aiOn for llcach au has been carried
/ to an extreme but losing and Ilubner. Gese-ehaD
! and Camphausen could not hold their merit
/ alone with Rousseau and COr0t Mlct am Dcllcroix
Tho Dusseldorf school fell Of It's own weight, bur tbs
Paintings Of Be.n and Munich have not been excluded
| from our market. Ludwig Klaus, of Berlin, remains
one OF the most popular of yug artists "h the usual
! American anaicur Gabriel Max AMI Carl BccAer
have plenty of followers, Dcfreg g"I La, firm hold
! on American purse strings. ami the late Meyer
Brcmcn has been far more highly esteemed IN America
than at home. But an attempt to n vanze Pl0iy
! f.frfh If . k,l-ea ID lfotS
Virgins is like an aitcmlt To revive admiration OF
Carl IIubner, once a. prominent in the Dusseldorf
Academy a. P.oty in the Aca-emy If Munich. onb
thirty yeas ago Ploty was elected director OF tho
Munich Aca envy lie became conspicuous and
impressive figure, AMI lived 10 see MS siealess
vanish. Bclop hc t,d the supremacy which hs
GAINED had pa,cI nom him n Germany To-day
h, pictures are going Wy The Aca enic herolcs
of west. FusciI, Opc, NoulcOc, Ha don. ana oilers
Of the old English historical school fhoiys p"pH'
seem lila ~ 10 be hl, RIOS, enduring monument Ih'e
was a Vi en- Lis pictures lii., the pictures VI mo
Du-sci. orr scAOO, were IN d'mani IN ill' 'o"uiy'
ihc small " iAusHea vas pni' hS>d ~ ti' "a. M@a,
Inc i.i,zabelh AID Trc brick OF Bo-rma nsc., ins
news Of the Battls Ol Prague went 40 ,ihcHnAl;
one of his S'cnr, on al'o", 'h,,DiFH, i"O ,.o,
Cesar. j. Owned by MI -. Ii. M'.hpln, an y i't
examples scattered Trough the county 'i'-l tnp
lau,'.i Gallery exhibition u any eIin !" ,V,4"S
hero remains the n'cl est attaching To inc worn u
an artist vino ,,s'a nigh t,icctuh Io"'i, am a
a Art Wcre inponan ami WIZ h3, Lits =,
Dc.
Tie artist Letter represented
Pilotys small painting Of The Wise end Foolish
Virgins Is familiar 10 taO~o VINO hNe |Si"' 'N'
Wolf, collection at the Metropolitan Museum lh'
large picture one OF the complex. elaborated COMO
.ltion, IN the "g.anl manner which have been moro
,nr -, IN fine Germ an schools than e-ewhele slnoo
rho decay Of heroic Historical painting In England
The cou.IO,tion has the conventional correctness VI
an exact centre emphasize by color ana hsA''"s Oh
rralafions from the centre AMI clrtmF ba'd"'eh
= as. but an efor for dramatic action has caused
IN, introiuctioa Of various broken lines ana har'h
ance, wh.cl are morc beau ia IMAM '"' ''''"s'
$40 rho r,,sing ln,ipll even m ugh correct ih'io Is
a lack OF depth and Intensity a. we'll a. u'"e'H' pu
IL 4. hardly worth while TO enter IN u'u"i'' Inv
,ictnre i Of panoramic size but II i pa"''' !" 'n'
aca lemic rather than the panoramic manner '"A'
without especially strong contrasts intehi"l To- p'""
the figures ami with an extraordinary car. ~,
c.oric. The VASES. flower, ami Stone""fA ol u"
nuntaln are Is caicfuly painted Is tue IL u Nv
stafuesquc virgins but thl, care for deta' VI" "',o
all the more material for those "No ar '''' " Is
Their pictures bit by bit and Of IN SI- '' ~ early
aIIr,,tics Pll ~, "~cn AM Na!hh-t'h' an 49,
ar had The merits OF comparative N0mpohS'
dircciuc-s and rcal imaginative totce Mn' a. any.,
,,, t.'e liuf l. cold mammal" >itrt'h 'I 20,
ha mo-, been colu.cd OF the best eNa pr =" NV
artist Among the smaller plc,u.r' itimn,->p.lclt
Vurcr-Linckc pupil of l~iie--'F; h.". '''..i,,,r
,J,n,. Ea.ch ami other. deal NIX chl'N IL A., yrbich
or some thr' adbare pha~, or don,,' ,,cmt surely
n"b arr When ha, cvcopad some of me ,iroD, n,
Of our ainlcr- hc Sma' h,tc P'i han ms
ohlriaw, can show soNrin'"s "
,r,crc VIII be first view at tie AGA 'emy On
rr,.,,, n,xt ard the exhibition VIII be oPcHoo
The pubic a week from 10 m0''""'
.o..aro, - the name Of Gouri over 'he
coors Of two art stores may lean 70 comp, -.
.,., ,hirtv wear. ago. Mr.. Michael hnoeui'F' 'H'
liar q
-, branch ot Goupl X CO.. of Paris Inc H'"'.
n h,, u,,..crv,d and today many people 't'"n VI
In,o,lcr., AMI "GouDil',' indl'crhli"''N' ,.,
year. ago Bou-so! Vaa on 4 q" oo"sn- ou, ,"' ,ah-
hons. NJ t;oupl 4 Co., and now the hrDl la -
ushcd New-York branch on tnnnn Wtcthcr tho
49,, :, u.iuC the name al ""upi h,H, , right
IN, So ~ The Paris main house NV n,
to the name tn 'nt , branch hou,e viii be for tho
t ucsrat and perhaps remain matter VI Vi
-, , U,o,.ll.r & CO. a new and an early
- -. Mr. To-entha' exhibited the former
20 ,,r,, to tr,at a light theme which SHOWS ''"
q" and the latter excellent Il paris aS by
cror Win these P.c'uIo' arc 70, r,'c JOIN W0uDy
laucn- ana """'
attention.
, r,o,l.r the iudciatisablo curator "a
,,,..rl,ncut OF the Dosioa AIT MUSEUM 10
'.,,,,,d AN exhibition rprcsentms ''' "'"
80, ,,,,,.n ,tencrs OF America, Nno' -
>, Mr. kochlcr, slow greater 49, ,sr
w.. r,,cttce of their art INA" ,.
rurop,an sisters. Boston i a'so " ~ m rumlrr
t""P ~ ali line BRAN phOtoSidlh IL, l"' " dr,winss
nl,ioh ~ 49, reproIuccd Mtlet painil->, irm Of
and pasicl,. Ihs exhibition - rlS w. VINO viii also
pnniTIa, INV of Mct's etchns> AND u'aa.n7 7 veil 10
thrv may be able TO obtain lnci. c<h,T,"n woJld
- f,r \rW- Ork. Such ah .t..lrr
-, nur of extreme interest, ana soino nv MS cNam.
u u" H' ,o hr cncrpr>ng enough Ia follow ,,t,tap
oue"' Xix, The boston Art Museum. thr IA
i,.um has no collection OF Braun pho,uS, r A
~ nuhlf, arc therefore dcpenGcnt UPON r,''ta,i
an ancc with these adinIraDle 'e p'o'"''
prcTUBEs AND IGN Vt OPINIONS